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Hungarian President: Peace top priority
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Creating and preserving peace must be made the topmost priority, President Katalin Novák told a meeting of the Bucharest Nine, the countries on NATO’s eastern flank, in Warsaw on Wednesday.
Once there is peace in Ukraine, the country should be given support in making it a “democratic and prosperous state”, the president said.
Novák noted Hungary’s large-scale humanitarian and medical aid to Ukraine, including accommodating people fleeing the war.
“The situation has made it clear since February 24, 2022, that each country must be able to defend itself,” the president said, adding that NATO was “clearly the framework for effective cooperation”. She said it was in the participants’ fundamental interest to strengthen NATO’s eastern flank, and Hungary “fully supports” those endeavours. EU members, especially those within the B9 should also enhance their own military capabilities, she added.
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Novák said she trusted that Sweden and Finland would soon become NATO members.
She said US President Joe Biden’s attending the meeting offered an excellent opportunity “to again confirm our joint commitment to peace”.
Wrong. National security should be the top priority. Hungary is unable to defend itself if attacked. Yet at the same time is is on a collision course with EU, the US, NATO and just about every country in the area. The idea that you can be friends with Russia and China is insane.